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“We are helpless as we have no guns”: 1.15pm

Dublin Metropolitan Police Telephone

Green Street Station of Origin Date 25 4 1916 Received at 1.15pm Sent at 1.20pm

From Superintendent D. To Chief Superintendent

The Volunteers have now taken possession of the Convent at Georges Hill, beside the Recorder Court. We are helpless as we have no guns and if military could be procured, we have ample accommodation here for them.